Seattle based mwworks have designed the Whidbey Island Farm Retreat in Washington, for their clients who wanted a modern house that would act as a residence for a growing family. The home is situated on the edge of a forested hillside, overlooking chicken sheds, a weathered red barn, cattle fields, and a fishing pond. Architect […]
A courtyard lined in pale Omani stone and with a fountain and trees sits at the centre of a pair of houses in Kuwait City by Studio Toggle. Designed for two brothers and their separate families, House in Mishref was conceived as two interlocking houses stacked atop one another. A communal courtyard space connects the
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Stone colonnades frame the open-plan interiors of Town House, the mixed-use teaching building by Grafton Architects for Kingston University in London. RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects designed the six-storey Town House to act as “the university’s front door and a gateway to Kingston upon Thames” – the town in which it is located. It
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A stone-clad house in woodland close to Antwerp by DDM Architectuur features an indoor pool and a double-height music room overlooking a pond. Called House Bras after its location in the municipality of Braschaat, DDM Architectuur clad the home with slabs of Muschelkalk stone, so it sits like a boulder among the trees. A pond
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Bez + Kock Architekten used a bridge to connect an extension and a 17th-century museum in Arnsberg, Germany, forming the Museum and Cultural Forum South Westphalia. The new building is a travertine-clad extension to the Sauerland Museum, housed in the Landsberger Hof, that dates from 1605. Museum and Cultural Forum South Westphalia steps down down
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Dutch architect Chris Collaris has completed this property in Ontario, Canada using stone sourced from a nearby quarry, wood from the building site, and vegetation from surrounding fields for the green roof. The low-lying House H is located among the rolling fields of Mount Brydges, a small municipality in Southern Ontario. This rural area is
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Stacks of rough stone and concrete form the campus of Yan’an University in China, designed by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University to recall the city’s famous cave dwellings. This first stage of the campus includes two museums and a library, housed in ziggurat-style buildings sitting atop arcaded bases. Yan’an University, in
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Photography by Revelateur Altius Architecture has designed a lakeside house in Peterborough, Canada, that replaced an old single-story cottage that was hidden from view by a large perimeter hedge. The new home was designed to take full advantage of the lake views and the landscaped spaces that surround it. Photography by Revelateur A wood front […]
Monolithic blocks of stone mimic man-made quarry landscapes for Grupo Arca’s showroom and cultural centre in Guadalajara, Mexico, designed by Esrawe Studio. The complex is designed to promote culture and education over business transactions, with a focus on Mexican architecture, design and fine arts. Esrawe Studio split these two functions into separate buildings. Arts and
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Seoinn Design Group has designed a place of worship with a stone tower featuring a cross hanging over an observatory as a contemporary spire for the Saemoonan Church in South Korea. Saemoonan Church, which is oldest established protestant church in the country, is known as South Korea’s “mother church”. Seoinn Design Group designed the new
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